Explore the Best Historical Fiction Books

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Munford-Gunn

By: Maggie

This is a dramatic, thrilling true story, taken from my own family records of two separate families, the Munfords and the Gunns, leaving England in the mid 19th century, to escape persecution for thei...

Angel of Aleppo: can faith survive the Armenian Genocide

By: Jon Cocks

Angel of Aleppo is a story of the Armenian Genocide, including the little-known link between the Genocide and the WW1 Anzac experience. It highlights the cruelty of the Ottoman Young Turks towar...

Shadows Beneath the Stars

By: T.B. Lane

A broken radio, a mysterious pendant, and a mother’s forbidden past set the stage for a new WWII novel, Shadows Beneath the Stars.Set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1940s, the novel introduce...

Snakebit: Prelude to War

By: John Poniske

The Western Maryland, Garret family, struggle to maintain their farm as their neighbors argue the slavery issue. They live in a border state where folks take both sides and emotions run hot. Their sto...

The House Filler

By: Tong Ge

A family saga set in China during the most tumultuous time of the twentieth century including the Japanese invasion, the civil war, and the Communist takeover. The House Filler is told throu...

Persian Dream

By: Tabibzadeh

March 2006 (RALEIGH, NC) - Maryam Tabibzadeh has released a fascinating family saga of life in Persia (Iran) that spans the 20th century. Persian Dreams follows the individual lives of ...

My Brother Themba

By: Michele van Rensburg

Two boys, Themba, mixed race, and Alex, white, grow up during the cruelty of Apartheid during the turbulent 1970s and 1980s in South Africa. This harsh environment places restrictions and hardsh...

The Bear: California Dreamin'

By: John Kerr

Mexican radio is the soundtrack as HUAC rocks Hollywood and city fathers redline Mexican neighborhoods in order to bring a ball club to town. Two former wise guys put together a plan to make a drug sc...